Mayor Jabbour launches community-driven update to Hoboken’s Vision Zero Action Plan, reestablishes task force, and advances accessibility for persons with disabilities

Mayor Emily Jabbour today signed her first executive order which strengthens the City of Hoboken's nationally recognized Vision Zero initiative and emphasizes the voices and needs of residents in shaping the city's shared street experience.

The executive order reaffirms the City's commitment to eliminate all traffic deaths and injuries by 2030. It also reestablishes the Vision Zero Task Force which will bring together City and County officials, community organizations, and other stakeholders to help coordinate safety improvements and policy updates. The executive order also directs the administration to develop a citywide Accessibility Transition Plan ("ADA Transition Plan") to ensure City streets, services, and facilities are accessible to all residents and launches an open public process to update Hoboken's Vision Zero Action Plan to reflect new strategies and priorities.

Hoboken community members can begin providing input for the Vision Zero Action Plan update by sharing their experiences and ideas through a public survey at https://arcg.is/1mWSTa5. The updated Vision Zero Action Plan will report on progress made since it was adopted in 2021 and identify new strategies, partnerships, and policies needed to sustain zero traffic deaths and eliminate traffic injuries by 2030. The survey will remain open until Thursday, April 2, at 11:59 p.m.

"As my first executive order as mayor, reaffirming Hoboken's Vision Zero commitment sends a clear message that safety, accessibility, and transparency will remain central to how we govern," said Mayor Jabbour. "Hoboken has shown that thoughtful street design, strong partnerships, and community engagement can save lives. By relaunching the Vision Zero Task Force, updating our action plan, and inviting residents to share their experiences, we are building the next phase of this work together."

Hoboken has had nine consecutive years without a traffic death, but traffic injuries and near misses still occur, particularly in vulnerable areas along Hoboken's high-crash network. The Vision Zero initiative works to reduce the severity of crashes when they do occur and focuses on designing streets and implementing policies that protect all road users, including people who walk, bike, drive, use a mobility device, and use mass transit. Hoboken's Vision Zero initiative is organized around the Safe System Approach, which focuses on not only the built environment, but also on how road user behavior, vehicle design, and post-crash investigations can contribute to the elimination of traffic deaths and injuries.

The reestablished Vision Zero Task Force will focus on infrastructure improvements as well as community- and data-driven solutions to help guide traffic safety strategies by bringing together representatives from City departments, the Hoboken City Council, community organizations, Hudson County, Jersey City, and NJDOT. The task force will inform updates to the five-year-old Vision Zero Action Plan and the new ADA Transition Plan, ensuring Hoboken streets and city services work for everyone, including residents with disabilities.

In 2026, Hoboken will implement a number of safety improvements based on both data-driven prioritization and community feedback gathered so far, including:

• Multi-way stop control at 25 intersections
• High-visibility crosswalk restriping near schools
• Multimodal safety upgrades on over 50 blocks
• Hoboken's largest ever public awareness campaign on safe travel behaviors
• Targeted, data-driven enforcement focused on speeding, failure to yield, and daylighting violations in high-crash areas, paired with public outreach initiatives by the Hoboken Police Department and Department of Transportation and Parking

Additionally, the City will also begin developing an online dashboard that includes crash statistics and the locations of safety infrastructure investments to promote transparency and public accountability, ensuring residents can see how their feedback helps shape Hoboken streets.

The Vision Zero Action Plan update and the ADA Transition Plan are both funded by a $1 million federal Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant awarded to Hoboken and Jersey City.